Indy athletes talk about being thankful for an inspiring person: Erin Phillips

1:57 PM,
Nov. 21, 2012

Erin Phillips

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Erin Phillips traveled 10,000 miles from her hometown of Adelaide, Australia, to Indianapolis to play for the Indiana Fever. She didn't go far at all to identify her inspirations: Her parents, Greg and Julie.

Her father was an Australian Rules Football star who in 2000 was honored as one of the 22 greatest players in the 130-year history of the Port Adelaide club.

Phillips, 27, was snubbed by her home nation's Olympic basketball team this year. She responded by helping the Fever win their first championship, averaging 13.5 points in four WNBA Finals games and shooting 52 percent on 3-pointers ...